Lt. Ricardo Ubinas said in a news release that everyone except 20-year-old David T. Mastrototaro-Baermude complied with officers’ commands to leave the park about 10:30 p.m. Thursday.
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A woman could be seen holding back Mastrototaro-Baermude while a police officer told him to leave the park. Officers attempted to arrest him when they say, he grabbed an officer’s arm and pushed off. Police say he continued to resist arrest so they used a taser on him. The cops still had to stay right there to bother him and they took him out of the vehicle and stood him over to the next auto, and they tried to arrest him and he was like, ‘Get off me! He continued to resist arrest and he nearly pulled an officer to the ground while they attempted to arrest him. She is upset about what happened. “I’m gonna sue Pokemon for this and I’m gonna sue Tampa Police”, she said. Everyone was headed out, but they said, Mastrototaro wouldn’t. Mastrototaro was with over 150 other players when a complaint was called in and police arrived to take down the trespassing poke-mob.
Pay attention to your surroundings while playing (i.e. don’t walk into traffic).
Two weeks ago, Largo police warned in a news release of “a bunch of trendy zombies following a mystical Global Positioning System device” at a local park where people were playing well past its 10 p.m. closing time.
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If you’re playing at night, be sure to be visible.
